Compliance Consultant V - Research Ethics
Primary Location Pasadena, California
Worker Location Remote
Job Number 1319174 Date posted 11/04/2024
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Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
The Research Ethics Consultant will assist with the process and maintenance of AAHRPP accreditation, evaluation, and organization to provide tangible evidence, through policies, procedures, and practices of the organization’s commitment to scientifically and ethically sound human subject research and continuous quality improvement.
The Research Ethics Consultant will also assist in supporting the operations of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) by managing the IRB review and approval process of research involving human subjects. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is an independent group that has been formally designated under federal regulations to review and monitor research involving human subjects. This group review serves an important role in the protection of the rights and welfare of human research subjects. The main purpose of IRB review is to assure, both in advance and by periodic review, that appropriate steps are taken to protect the rights and welfare of humans participating as subjects in the research.
Job Summary:
This senior level individual contributor is primarily responsible for conducting company compliance activities in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. Responsibilities include leading compliance reporting efforts and compliance investigations. Additional key responsibilities include driving the implementation of compliance efforts and regulatory compliance through monitoring and interpreting complex regulatory changes. This individual contributor also manages projects or compliance components of larger cross-functional projects including identifying and managing stakeholders.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
- Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and evaluating recommendations made by others.
- Conducts company compliance activities by partnering with internal and external stakeholders; applying established regulations and standards to compliance efforts; designing, developing, and executing strategic compliance initiatives; analyzing regulations and regulatory changes, and their application to operations; and documenting compliance activities.
- Leads compliance reporting efforts by evaluating and summarizing compliance data, audit information, and potential risks and remedies; identifying and reporting key compliance drivers, liabilities, and performance indicators (for example, adherence to standards, incorporation of new regulations) to management; and developing presentations to convey key findings to management and other key stakeholders.
- Leads compliance investigations by coordinating the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data; leading interviews as appropriate; researching key business issues; identifying potential action steps; and evaluating and recommending corrective action plans for substantiated allegations.
- Manages projects or compliance components of larger cross-functional projects by identifying and managing stakeholder contacts; assembling teams based on project needs and team member strengths; developing, analyzing, and managing project plans; negotiating and managing project schedules and resource forecasts; and managing project financials and deliverables.
- Drives regulatory compliance by monitoring and interpreting complex regulatory changes; leading analysis on regulatory impacts; and overseeing the implementation of designated changes.
- Drives the implementation of compliance efforts by identifying compliance requirements; leading the assessment of current state compliance to identify gaps and corrective actions; creating or revising complex compliance standards, policies and procedures, and training; and monitoring ongoing compliance adherence.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum three (3) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
- Bachelors degree in Health Care Administration, Clinical, Law, Public Health, Business or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in compliance, health care operations (quality, risk, etc.), audit, finance, regulatory or public policy development, investigations, information security, or insurance/health plan governance or a directly related field. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Four (4) years health care experience.
- Experience in the maintenance of AAHRPP accreditation.
- Research ethics
- Bilingual in Spanish
Primary Location: California,Pasadena,Walnut Center - Regional Offices
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:30 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Remote
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Specialty: Compliance General
Department: Regional Offices - Pasadena - Research IRB Admin - 0806
Pay Range: $133500 - $172700 / year
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: No
Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states.
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.
Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
